Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that on February 7, 1996, a proposed Consent Decree in

United States v. Penta Wood Products, Inc., Civil Action No. 96-C-

0112C, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Western

District of Wisconsin. This consent decree represents a settlement of

claims under Sections 106 and 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9606,

9607, against Penta Wood Products, Inc. (Penta Wood) for past response

costs incurred by the United States for removal actions at the Penta

Wood facility and for Penta Wood's failure to comply with an

administrative order issued to it pursuant to Section 106 of CERCLA, 42

U.S.C. 9606.

Under this settlement, Penta Wood will pay the United States

$37,400. In addition, Penta Wood will make further payments in the

event that the company obtains additional funds through its good faith

efforts to collect outstanding accounts receivable and/or sell certain

pieces of equipment owned by the company. Finally, Penta Wood is

required to transfer full ownership of a wastewater treatment unit to

EPA, which EPA has been using in its efforts to clean up the Site.

The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication comments relating to the

proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant

Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. Penta Wood Products, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-11-3-1369.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney, Western District of Wisconsin, 660 West

Washington Ave., Suite 200, Madison, WI 53701-1585, and at Region 5,

Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Blvd.,

Chicago, IL 60604, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,

NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the

proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC

20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of

$9.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent

Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-4096 Filed 2-22-96; 8:45 am]

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